/**
 * OpenKM, Open Document Management System (http://www.openkm.com)
 * Copyright (c) 2006-2012 Paco Avila & Josep Llort
 * 
 * No bytes were intentionally harmed during the development of this application.
 * 
 * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
 * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
 * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
 * (at your option) any later version.
 * 
 * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
 * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
 * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the
 * GNU General Public License for more details.
 * 
 * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
 * with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc.,
 * 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA.
 */

package com.openkm.kea.util;

import java.io.Serializable;

/**
 * Class that implements a simple counter.
 * 
 * @author Eibe Frank (eibe@cs.waikato.ac.nz)
 * @version 1.0
 */
public class Counter implements Serializable {
	private static final long serialVersionUID = 1L;
	
	/** Integer value stored */
	private int m_val = 1;
	
	/**
	 * Initializes the counter to 1
	 */
	public Counter() {
		m_val = 1;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Initializes the counter to the given value
	 */
	public Counter(int val) {
		m_val = val;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Increments the counter.
	 */
	public void increment() {
		m_val++;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Gets the value.
	 * 
	 * @return the value
	 */
	public int value() {
		return m_val;
	}
	
	/**
	 * Returns string containing value.
	 */
	public String toString() {
		return String.valueOf(m_val);
	}
}
